Reports say there was bad weather in the area. It's obviously too soon to pin this on the aircraft, the pilots, the maintenance, the weather, or anything else.
The A310 has a less than stellar safety record, but I think that is mostly due to who flies it, not the design. Due to its low price, a lot of A310s ended up with smaller airlines or in third world countries, where maintenance and safety standards aren't up to par. For example, the first major A310 accident occurred when a Russian pilot let his kids fly the plane in the middle of a commercial flight.
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